Shape
Kylix
κύλιξ
27209 vases
The wide, shallow drinking cup of the symposium. The interior tondo — revealed as the drinker emptied the cup — was a prized space for painters. Some of the most intimate and inventive compositions appear inside kylikes.
Function & Use
Drinking wine at the symposium
27209 examples
kylix
kylix
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
kylix; skyphos
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LYSIPPIDES P
· -550 to -500
kylix
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
kylix
kylix
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP, FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
kylix
kylix
kylix; lekanis
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
RF
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
kylix
kylix
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)